This is an analysis of The Hoosier by Hew Ainslie.

We lads that live up in the nobs,
Tho' our manners might yet bear a rubbing,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XabXbcbadedefgfgdcdaXeXehbhbibib
  • Stanza lengths: 32,
  • Metre: 11111001 1110111010 11011101 1110110110 111001001 111111110 11111101 1011110010 110001001 010110011 111101001 010010011 11011101 111110110 111111011 1111111110 11111011 0110011110 101001011 0111110110 11111001 011111011 111001001 111111011 1101101 010011010 10100011001 110110010 11101011 110111110 11111011 1011111110
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 32

Repeated words/phrases

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